“I like darker guys, but not black guys. Wouldn’t really go for Chinese. I like mixed race.

“I wouldn’t generally go for a black guy… I’ve gone out with Indian guys, I’d generally go out with someone in there 30s.”

Rio later told the other housemates the she had “just experienced racism” and then went to confront Slade.

Rio then said to Slade: “I felt offended by what you said earlier, just the way you said I don’t like black men, it’s the way you said it, I didn’t like it and I felt a certain way and I felt very, very offended and I can’t help the way I feel.”

An agitated Rio then said: “Why would you say that, how would you know that I haven’t been out with a white guy; just because I’m black why would you assume?”

Slade defended herself, saying: “You’re turning it into a racial thing, that’s why you’ve got an issue with it. You’re paranoid; you had a fight on the first night. I think you’re the most shallow and selfish person I’ve ever met.”

Following the conversation Slade was cautioned by Big Brother for her comments.

Posted on: 18/06/2013 12:59 PM

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